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My son was arrested in apr. *** and is currently in lcc in…

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My son was arrested in apr. *** and is currently in lcc in *** Parish, Hes been charged with 2 counts of 2nd degree murder and one count of a hate crime. when he was arrested they did not tell him what he was arrested for and did not show him a warrant that they told me they had. we need a lot of help. my son was arrested on hearsay with no evidence whatsoever. the public defender will not answer any of his letters and will not come talk with him and he has a pre-trial in jan. what can we do

Lawyer's Assistant: Since laws vary from place to place, what state is this in? And when was the warrant issued?

The state is Louisiana and I don't know if there really was a warrant no one has ever seen it

Lawyer's Assistant: Have you talked to a lawyer yet?

I have tried to contact his public defenders and I have left several messages I talked with her 3 weeks ago and she was supposed to call me for an appointment I haven't heard anything back

Lawyer's Assistant: Anything else you want the lawyer to know before I connect you?

There was another individual arrest also but he wasn't charged with a hate crime and he is already out or at least that's what we were told

The charges are, as you know, extremely serious. As the case goes on, however, he will be able to see all the discovery material that the state has and to challenge the evidence and confront the witnesses against him.

Public defenders are in court all day every day. They have very large caseloads, and they don't have time to make prison visits, unless they are on trial. Typically, they see their client in the holding pens of the courthouse, and talk to them before the case is called. That doesn't mean they aren't working on the case or that they don't care about the client. There's just only so much time in a day.

They also don't have much time to keep office appointments. They don't have to talk to family members at all, though they usually will as a courtesy, and they're probably not going to be able to tell you the things you want to learn about most, as much of what they know is protected by the attorney/client privilege.

Matters will become much more clear to all parties concerned after the pretrial next month. You can complain to your son's lawyer's supervisor to get him to return your calls or to schedule an appointment. That's been known to be effective. If your son is displeased with his public defender because the lawyer isn't communicating with him, he can ask the court to relieve his lawyer and appoint him a new public defender.

Apart from the above or hiring him private counsel, there isn't anything much more that you can do at this time.

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